Lately Ive noticed some concerns about Pauls current vocacrange. For sure he can t reach all the notes the way he used to and the voice sometimes sound like a less flexible instrument than before. Judging from clips from tour his voice is far from shot-he still is a great singer with a more limited range-something natural concerning the mans age.Question is when macca reached his peak as a vocalist. He did many wonderful vocals with the Beatles but personally I think mid and late seventies were his absolutely peak as a singer. During that period he still had the flexibility and range as with the fab four but added a maturity and awareness that makes some of his singing from this period absolutely fantastic.WOA for me is the absolutely proof of this. Maybe I'm amazed, Long and winding road and Beware my love some good examples. I doubt if Pauls ever cut some better vocals than these and some other tracks from this period.. Maybe some stuff from Run devil run reach this level - maybe-What s your opinion about Pauls best vocal performances

Great timing for this thread...I recently was in a conversation comparing John and Paul's voice. It was generally agreed that early on in the Beatles, John's voice was stronger. But Paul's voice seemed to get stronger as he passed 30...where John's voice got noticeably weaker and thinner

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I'd say mid sixties to mid seventies was his peak as far as range. This is his most impressive period to me, however as Paul as aged new layers are revealed as some of his skills fade, but it doesn't quite make up for the loss of range.

I have to say that his peak came around 1971 w/Ram - Think about the vocal styles/punch packed intoOh Woman Oh WhyUncle Albert/Admiral HalseyDear BoyBack Seat of My Carand of courseMonkberry Moon Delight

Unfortunately, we don't have a lot of a-list material like this to judge until 2 years later (Band on the Run)

I divide Paul's vocals into these categories62-64 ***** Young Paul, still hadn't fully mastered his range65-66 ******** Mastered his range, but not his craft67-68 ********* Approaching his peak69-71 ********* Peak -- Abbey Road, Maybe I'm Amazed through Ram72-75 ******** Post-peak - I notice a little less mmmph in things like Call Me Back Again 76-79 ******** Post-touring - some rough edges appear from being taxed on tour so much80-85 ******* Post-wings - not touring but clearly lost some power86-90 ****** Last great era - the Tripping... tour really took it out of his voice91-96 ***** Noticable difference especially in range of voice (Hamish hit the high notes on tour for him)97-04 ***** Still a great voice, but lost range and some power05-09 *** Becoming a shadow of his former voice - he has the experience to pull most stuff off10 - present ** not Dylan, but very very wobbly at times - probably impacting his songwriting in terms of what he can present

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